Brake



`Fume 9, 193l. H. PERROT ET Al. 1,809,568

BRAKE Filed Feb. 2. 1929 mmv- N VEN TOR 4 v Henri Perro#- F/)S 6 B Y (el'lurlflv Cdl dy' A TTORNEY Patented dans d?,

HENRlLPmRt-T, F PARIS, FRANCE, ANDGEBMAIN ALVIGNAC, @E t;

:oa-irren stares vIBL-GEEF i. i MANY, ASSEGNORS, BY MESNE ASSGNMENTS, T@ BENDIX AVM'LN COBOMTIN, @F NEW YUEK, N. Y., A CDRPGMTGN @E DELAWARE application led February 2, 1929, Serial No. Stalls?, and in France september 26, 1923.

. rll"his invention relates to brakes, and is ilshowing the jointing together of the shafts;

bodily onlycrosswise of the slot. The operp ating shaft may be journaled in a bearing-on the outside of the brake backing plate, with .the novel camshaft projecting through the backing plate into the above-described slot in the o erating shaft.

of the invention, including various novel combinations of parts and desirable particular constructions, will be apparent from the following description of one illustrative embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, in which: A

Figure l is a central vertical section through the upper part of the brake, showlinwthe two shafts;

igure 2 is a vertical section through the upper part of the brake, at right angles to Figure l, and just inside the head of the vbrake drum, and showing the brake .shoes in side elevation l;

Figure 3 is an. enlarged vertical section Figure d is an enlarged horizontal section showing the jointing together of the shafts; Figure' is a top plan View of the Atwo shafts and the pivot used in jointing them together, but separated from each other; and Figure 6 is a side elevation of the two shafts and the pivot.

The illustrated brake includes a drum 1, at

A the open side of which is a support such as a backing plate, and within which are shoes 3 and 4 or equivalent friction means having adjacent ends which are separated to apply thebrake. Y f

A bearing 5v is-{ixedly secured to the back- The a ove and other objects and features ing late/'2, preferably on the side opposite the ri'ction means,a novel operating shaft 6 being journaled in this bearing and operated by meanssuch as a lever or arm 9.

Shaft 6 is formed with a slot extending crosswiseof its end, and arranged substantially horizontally when the brake is applied. rlhe brake is applied by a device such as a cam 7 arranged betweenv the ends of the shoes,

and having v a shaft portion projecting through the backing plate 2 into the slot in vthe end of shaft 6.

The end of thev shaft portion-of cam 7 is referably dattened, to be embraced between the walls of the slot in shaft 6, and it may be formed with an opening for a vertical pivot or pin'8 extending into alined openings in shaft 6 and j ointing the twov shafts together.. Y

rlhus earn 7 may oat crosswise, bodily, to center itselfl andbalance the pressures on the two shoes, while at the same time it forces the shoes in the opposite directions C and D to apply the brake.- The cam is suitably rounded as shown at 10, so that it remains in eHective operating engagementV with thel shoes even if it hasshifted slightly. The

walls of the slot in shaft 6 support the cam against any bodily movement 1n a vertical direction. v

l While one illustrative embodiment has been described in detail, it is not our intention to limit the scope of the invention to that particular embodiment, or otherwise than by the termsof lthe appended claims.

We claim: l

l. A brake comprising, in combination, friction means having separable ends, a bearing adjacent said ends, a shaft having a slotted end journaled in the'bearing, and a cambetween said ends having a flattened shaft ortion 'pivoted in said slot.

2. brake comprising, in combination, i

friction means, a shaft formed with a transverse slot, a bearing for the shaft housing the slotted portion and a cam operating the friction means havin a iattened shaft por-4 tion pivote'd in said s ot. y

3. A. brake comprising, in' combination, friction means, a shaft formed with a transverse slot, a bearing for ther-shaft h'ousing,

2 iyeoaeee the transversely slotted portion thereof end; a brake-applying device operating the friction means having a attened shaft portion pivoted in said slot,

5 4. A brake comprising, in combination, e drum, a backing plate at the open side of the drum, friction means .Within the clrum, a bearing secured to the backing plate on the side opposite the friction means, a shaft-hav- 10 ing one e11d journalecl in said bearing, and

a brake-applying device operating the friction 4means having a portion projecting through the backing plate and inside the bearing and there jointed to the shaft.

15 5., A brake comprising, in combination, a drum7 a backing plate at 'the open side ot the drum, friction means Within the clrurn7 a bearing secured to the backing plate on. the side opposite the friction means, a shaft having one end journalecl in said bearing `having a slot across the emi, e brake-applying tief vice operating the friction means and l1av ing a portion'projecting 'through the backing plate anti into said sot.

,5 6. A brake comprising a backing plate, drum associated tlflerevvitli9 rietioii means positioned for movement on the plate naving separable encis and aclaptable ior co-op eration with the drums a bearing positioneel s; on the backing plate, a shaft having an enlarged slotted end portion journaiieriin tlie bearing, a cam between the enls of the Erietion means having a portion pivoteri in the slot in the enlarged'. envi of the shaft 7. A brake comprising backing plate, a drum associated therewith7 'friction means positioned ier movement on backing plate and aaptalole for rco-operation with the drum, a 7nearing seourefi to tile backing U plate, a shaft having eniergeo. emi 'portions provided 'with a riiarnetral siot9 the slotteti end portion ei? the shaft positioneci in bearing anti e brake applying device 'for operating the friction means portion pivoted in the ciiametra'i siert is'. the the shaft.

In testimony Wiiersol?9 i have hereunto signed my name 5e in testimony WireremS ,save hereunto signedmyiiame. 

